Archives for November 2013

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It's time for the monthly income report.
Each month “The Wife” crunches the numbers on our earnings while I, “The Husband”, puts together a recap of what happened in our online business. A dangerous combo!
As a reminder, this is why we do the income reports:
Accountability. These will allow us

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I remember walking into the giant cafeteria style room at Blissdom last year for lunch. There were five bazillion people. Tables and people galore.
I think I was the last to stroll in.
I was soooo late in fact, that they only had gluten-free lunches left for grabs. This was before I had ever

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Welcome to the Inspire Me Please Weekend Blog Hop.
Happy Thanksgiving y'all!
There are so many things for me to be thankful for this year... but I want to let YOU know how thankful I am for YOUR friendship.
There are seriously some days when the kids are driving me crazy or my plate feels

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It's been awhile since my basement has been finished. A LONGGGGG while actually.
In true Mandy Rose fashion I am posting about it when I feel "inspired". Ha!
That's my excuse for procrastination. I just haven't been inspired to share this space yet. Yea. That's what it is.
Ahem.
A few

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Some people are super successful because they work 24/7.
Other people like to just have fun.
Sean Malarkey has found a way to have both. Sean is a amazingly fun dude that loves to surf and take pictures. On top of having fun he has built a thriving online business.
Like SUPER thriving.
Here's

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
I LOVE everything about the magic of the holiday season. That is, until January 2nd rolls around and I’m immediately ready for spring.
Winter in Chicago seems to never end. Sunset at 4:00 in the afternoon, wind so chilly that you don’t dare bring

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Welcome to the Inspire Me Please Weekend Blog Hop.
As I was working today I started to think about something.
TOMORROW is exactly ONE YEAR since we have been on the approved wait list with the Philippines for our adoption. ONE FULL YEAR.
Twelve months.
That's a huge step because when we began

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Holy cow y'all. I have fallen deeply in love with bright lipstick.
This is such a new thing for me. For 32 years {yes I'm 32-shhhhhh!} I have worn nothing but lipgloss or nude-ish lipstick. No color.
Color was scary. And trashy. And BRIGHT.
For goodness sake it was BRIGHT.
I had this

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Guest posting has been one of the key attributes of growing my blog over the last five years.
When my blog first launched in 2008 I managed to spew out over 30 guest posts in about a 90 day period.
That was on top of writing regular content for my own site 3-5 times per week.
#hustle
I

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I'm sure it's not surprise to you that when my family of boys ask me to go hiking I give them the...
"Really?????" look.
Yea, I'm not the hiking type. In fact, I'm more of the let's go shopping type.
But it just so happens that I now live with 4 people that are the opposite gender than me.

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Welcome to the Inspire Me Please Weekend Blog Hop.
We started 1st grade basketball this week. Can I just say I miss Kindergarten basketball?
When it was less intense. Less competitive. Less demanding. AND less consuming.
I'm not ready for the rat race of kids and sports. I want my kids to enjoy